Please tell us how you have integrated global awareness into your family and consumer sciences curriculum. Feel free to have discussions with one another regarding this topic. Also, upload any applicable documents you have created and share any useful links you have found.
- According to Iowa's state consultant for family and consumer sciences (FACS), "Global awareness is seen in international foods and the impact of global markets on local systems" (nd). With this is mind, a foods class that studied and cooked international foods would be integrating global awareness.
- If you teach Teen Living, //Teen Times// is a great resource, and this linked document provides examples of how to use this resource to focus on global teen issues.
- Read "Global Education Perspectives and Practices of Home Economics Teachers" (Morrow, C.B. & Williams, S.K., 1989) for a scholarly report of practices in the field. An example from the document is, "examine how basic nutrient needs are met in various cultures through the consumption of different foods (p. 30).
- Click here to read an article in the Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin about the importance of global awareness in interior design and family studies education.
- This Workforce Ready Guide is an excellent resource for CTE educators in a variety of fields and includes ready-made presentations, scenarios, and links to further resources.
- Get your students involved in a global culture and food project through the global schoolhouse.